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Russia plans to evacuate about 9,000 children from a border region because it is being shelled continuously by Ukraine, an official said Tuesday, reflecting Kyiv’s increasing focus on striking targets behind a front line that has barely shifted in recent months. The children will be moved from the Belgorod region …

A rare and endangered pygmy hippopotamus has been born in Athens’ Attica Zoological Park for the first time in 10 years, delighting conservationists. A lack of male pygmy hippos in captivity had complicated breeding efforts, so zoo staff were “absolutely thrilled” the baby was a boy, Noi Psaroudaki, the zoo’s …

The Environmental Defense Fund will oppose Donald Trump’s bid to return to the White House, calling the former president’s positions on climate policy even worse than they were four years ago. This is just the second time the group has waded into a presidential election, a source familiar with the decision …

SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea successfully tested a solid-fuel engine for its new-type intermediate-range hypersonic missile, state media reported Wednesday, claiming progress in efforts to develop a more powerful, agile missile designed to strike faraway U.S. targets in the region. A hypersonic missile is among an array of high-tech weapons …

SYDNEY — Australia’s government backed its ambassador to Washington, former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, after U.S. presidential contender Donald Trump called the key diplomat “a little bit nasty” in a broadcast interview. Australia counts the U.S. as a major strategic ally and the two are forging closer defense ties under …

A 1-year-old girl died after she was fatally struck by an Uber SUV that had just dropped her off with family members in a northern suburb of Houston, authorities said. The girl was pinned under a rear tire, and while the driver attempted to move the SUV to free the …

The Supreme Court’s order prompted alarm among immigrant rights activists amid confusion on the ground as to whether the law could immediately be enforced. The appeals court appeared to be taking the hint from the Supreme Court, which in rejecting an emergency application filed by the Biden administration put the …

Senate Republicans offered a variety of responses Tuesday to their party’s presumptive presidential nominee’s saying this week that Jewish voters who back Democrats hate Israel. A handful of senators criticized former President Donald Trump’s comments, some appeared to agree with him, and at least two insisted they hadn’t seen the …

WASHINGTON — A congressional hearing Tuesday took an unexpected turn when the committee’s Republican chairman cursed at a fellow GOP member under his breath. The exchange, caught on mic, came during a House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing about the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, with lawmakers posing questions to former military …

The International Olympic Committee on Tuesday barred athletes from Russia and Belarus from participating in opening ceremonies in Paris as organizers target countries that are “responsible for the war” in Ukraine. Athletes from those nations, though no teams, would be allowed to compete in individual events as “Individual Neutral Athletes,” …

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Former Nickelodeon producer Dan Schneider apologized for his behavior and the on-set atmosphere of the preteen- and teen-focused shows he produced in the 2000s and 2010s. Schneider, who parted ways with the network in 2018, spoke out in response to the Investigation Discovery series “Quiet on Set: The Dark Side …

Former President Donald Trump’s coalition lifted Bernie Moreno to victory in Ohio’s GOP Senate primary, according to NBC News exit polls.   Moreno defeated state Sen. Matt Dolan and Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose in Tuesday’s primary, NBC News projects, advancing to the general election to take on Democratic Sen. …

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Welcome to the online version of From the Politics Desk, an evening newsletter that brings you the NBC News Politics team’s latest reporting and analysis from the campaign trail, the White House and Capitol Hill. In today’s edition, senior national political reporter and Buckeye State native Henry Gomez breaks down what …

The vast majority of the synthetic images do not indicate in the posts or on the pages that they are AI-generated, even though Meta requires users to label AI-generated content on its platforms while it is working toward methods to automatically detect such content. Meta did not respond to a …

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A retired Korean baseball legend is returning to the mound for the first game of the Major League Baseball regular season — and the first ever held in South Korea.  Former pitcher Chan Ho Park, the first Korean-born athlete to play in MLB, is scheduled to throw the ceremonial first …

HAVANA — Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel blasted the U.S. as “interventionist” and for having “contempt” toward the Cuban people and the Cuban revolution in an interview with NBC News in Havana on Tuesday. Hundreds of Cubans have been taking to the streets to protest shortages of food and power. The …

San Francisco city leaders are responding to calls for transparency in the investigation into a deadly attack of a Chinese immigrant. Community members with the Asian Justice Movement gathered at a rally Saturday night to demand action in the case of 63-year-old Yanfang Wu. Wu was pushed on a sidewalk …